Iran will sign a deal with France's Total on Tuesday for the development of gas production at a major offshore field in the Gulf, the Iranian oil ministry said.

The Heads of Agreement (HOA) for the development of Phase 11 of the important South Pars field is worth $6 billion (5.4 billion euros), a ministry spokesman told AFP.

Industrial firms in Germany, Europe's largest economy, saw an unexpected fall in new orders in September, official data showed on Monday, pointing to weaker performance in the months ahead.

Egypt will buy from global oil markets in November after Saudi Aramco halted deliveries for a second month, an oil ministry official said on Monday.

The move by the Saudi oil giant came as the two countries disagreed over Syria's conflict, with Egypt edging closer to Russia, a key backer of President Bashar al-Assad's regime whom Riyadh opposes.

Sudanese security agents have arrested several opposition politicians over the past two days to prevent any likely protests against Khartoum's decision to hike fuel prices, their parties said on Sunday.

On taxes, public spending and protectionism the two candidates for the White House are diametrically opposed: Hillary Clinton represents continuity while Donald Trump seduces or frightens with his radical proposals.

But while many economists are alarmed by the threat Trump poses to American prosperity, there is no shortage of small business owners and investors who believe the Republican candidate's plans would benefit the economy.

"This isn't so much a harvest, as a hunt for grapes," said French winemaker Jean-Jacques Robert, with a rueful laugh as he unloaded grapes still warm from his vineyards around Fuisse in Burgundy.

With the deftness of decades of experience, Abu Mohammad wove thick green thread with a wooden loom in northwest Syria, creating a vibrant geometric pattern renowned among Arabic textiles. 

The Central Bank of Lebanon launched Lebanon’s third annual international conference, “BDL Accelerate 2016” on Thursday November 3rd, 2016 at Forum de Beyrouth. The biggest and most influential conference on the Mediterranean and in the MENA region took place for three days and gathered the most important personalities and international speakers till its last day, on Saturday November 5th, 2016.

This year, 20,000 attendees from all over the world, with over 1,000 internationals, 4,000 professionals, 3,000 entrepreneurs and 2,000 students, participated in the conference and interacted in discussions, dialogues and conferences spread over 9 platforms. The first headline speaker for “Banque du Liban Accelerate 2016” was Steve "The Woz" Wozniak, the Silicon Valley icon who founded Apple with Steve Jobs. Tony Fadell, the Lebanese Founder and CEO of Nest company bought by Google for billions of dollars was also a speaker during the event, talking about his achievements in the innovation and technology world.

Kuwait will issue billions of dollars worth of bonds in international markets to finance a budget deficit resulting from low oil prices, a report said Saturday.

Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim warned on Friday that Donald Trump would destroy the US economy if he wins next week's election.

"As we say in Mexico, being a drunk is different from being a bartender," Slim told reporters at the Montevideo Circle, a meeting of business leaders and politicians.